Ghs phenylketonurid at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE

225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$4.53 with Texas Health Network vs $291.76 with Affiliated PPO — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Texas Health Network MCD $4.53
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4.62
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $4.62
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.62
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4.62
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.62
UTMB MGMCD $4.62
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.62
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.62
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.62
United MGMCD $4.71
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $4.99
Molina Healthcare CHIP $5.08
Molina Healthcare STAR $5.08
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $5.08
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $5.08
Oscar MGMCR $5.39
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.50
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.50
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $5.50
United AllPayerAppendix $5.50
Devoted Health MGMCR $5.50
United SmallGroup $5.50
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $5.50
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $5.50
CHC Harris Health Indigent $5.50
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $5.50
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.50
BCBS MCRPPO $5.50
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $5.50
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $5.50
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $5.50
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $5.50
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $5.50
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.50
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $5.50
WellMed MGMCR $5.53
Van Lang IPA MCR $5.55
Aetna MCR $5.55
United MCR $5.61
WellCare PPO $5.67
WellCare MCRHMO $5.67
WellCare PFFS $5.67
WellCare POS $5.67
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $5.67
WellCare SNP $5.67
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $5.78
Humana MCD $5.78
American Health Plan MGMCR $5.78
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $5.78
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $5.78
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $5.78
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $5.78
Superior Health Plan PFFS $5.78
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $5.78
Shared Health MGMCR $5.78
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $5.83
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $5.83
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $5.83
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $5.83
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $5.83
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.95
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5.95
Molina MGMCR $6.00
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $6.32
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $6.60
Verda Health Plan MCR $7.15
Community Health Choice HIX $7.97
Superior ValueHMO $7.97
Superior HMO $8.53
Superior EPO $8.53
UTMB MGMCR $8.96
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $10.89
BCBS MyBlueHealth $11.11
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $11.55
Molina Healthcare HIX $11.82
BCBS BAV $12.27
BCBS HMO $15.35
Oscar HIX $15.90
BCBS EPOSOA $16.45
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $16.50
BCBS PPO $17.54
Superior Health Plan CHIP $19.45
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $19.45
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $19.45
Superior Health Plan STARKids $19.45
Superior Health Plan STAR $19.45
Aetna QHPExchange $20.15
Cigna CSN $22.30
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $24.15
Aetna NBPPO $26.79
Aetna NBHMO $26.79
Aetna NBPOS $26.79
Aetna COMMPPO $28.47
Aetna COMMHMO $28.47
Aetna COMMPOS $28.47
Cigna PPO $28.74
Aetna OONHMO $33.44
Aetna OONPOS $33.44
Aetna OONPPO $33.44
Aetna ASAPOS $36.16
Aetna ASAHMO $36.16
Aetna ASAPPO $36.16
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $53.81
United OptionsPPO $57.06
Humana PPO $73.47
Humana HMO $73.47
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $77.80
IPA Management Services COMM $81.05
Evry Health BroadNetwork $88.50
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $113.46
BCBS Traditional $113.46
Imagine Health PPO $113.46
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $139.40
United GlobalAppendix $145.88
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $145.88
Averde Health Commercial $145.88
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $162.09
Coventry National First Health COMM $172.79
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $178.30
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $178.30
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $194.51
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $194.51
Beech Street WCOMP $194.51
Independent Medical System COMM $194.51
Coastal Comp COMM $210.72
Beech Street COMMPPO $259.34
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $259.34
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $265.83
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $275.55
Physicians, INC COMM $275.55
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $291.76
Affiliated PPO COMM $291.76
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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